U.Michigan consumer sentiment and Conference Board economic confidence rise. But expectations drop. Figure 1: University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment (blue, left scale), Conference Board Economic Confidence (tan, left scale), and Gallup Economic Confidence (green, right scale). Source: U.Michigan via FRED,...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Merry Christmas, readers! –lambert P.S. I will take Christmas Day off, and return the following day, in full form or not, depending. P.P.S Stay safe out there! * * * Bird Song of the Day...
Why do you assume Rudolph is a male reindeer? BBC (Dr. Kevin) Drinking Tea and Coffee Linked To Lower Risk of Head and Neck Cancer in Study Guardian Young mammoth remains found nearly intact in Siberian permafrost Reuters (Robin K)...
Yves here. This post describes the rising opposition in the US and around the world to Israel land grabs. Yet it is clear that anything other than the use of raw force against Israel, and ultimately the US, could turn...
A 20-year-old blind cat is rescued from an icy Massachusetts pond after some quick thinking Associated Press (Robin K) Flat Earthers Went to Antarctica to Look at The Sun. Here’s What Happened ScienceAlert (Chuck L) Violent superflares explode from sun-like...
“Both the USMCA and this ruling issued by the trade dispute panel are designed primarily to protect the interests of transnational corporations.” This development, announced Friday, is as depressing as it is predictable. As we warned would happen a few...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. This post originated in a valiant but doomed effort to determine whether modes of transmission (airborne, fomite, etc.) could be shoehorned into ICD-10-CM (International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification), coded as Y95 (“Nosocomial condition,” where...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers: Yes, as we enter the holiday season, I’m going to lighten up on Water Cooler (which is hard, because the world doesn’t stop being interesting, or volatile, simply because the West has a...
Even if someone time travels, they may not remember or capture it: Study Interesting Engineering How old are you really? Your blood can reveal your biological age — and risk of health problems Study Finds SCIENTISTS SUGGEST HARVESTING BLOOD FROM...
By Ellen Welti, a community ecologist working on grassland insects and plants. She is part of the Great Plains Science Program, based in the prairies of north central Montana. She runs observational monitoring targeting grasshoppers, dung beetles, wolf spiders, plant...
